diff --git a/code/processes/new-domain-process/java/nu/marginalia/ndp/DomainTestingQueue.java b/code/processes/new-domain-process/java/nu/marginalia/ndp/DomainTestingQueue.java
index 94af1d195..2eaaefb8b 100644
--- a/code/processes/new-domain-process/java/nu/marginalia/ndp/DomainTestingQueue.java
+++ b/code/processes/new-domain-process/java/nu/marginalia/ndp/DomainTestingQueue.java
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ public class DomainTestingQueue {
         // repair inconsistent states where domains might have incorrectly been added to NDP_NEW_DOMAINS
         try (var stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
             stmt.executeUpdate("DELETE FROM NDP_NEW_DOMAINS WHERE DOMAIN_ID IN (SELECT ID FROM EC_DOMAIN WHERE NODE_AFFINITY>=0)");
+            stmt.executeUpdate("UPDATE NDP_NEW_DOMAINS INNER JOIN EC_DOMAIN ON EC_DOMAIN.ID=NDP_NEW_DOMAINS.DOMAIN_ID SET PRIORITY=1 WHERE DOMAIN_TOP='tumblr.com'");
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Failed to clean up NDP_NEW_DOMAINS", e);